Conon Fraser Illustrated Will Nickless (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing Octavo hardback. 220 pp, illustrated Very Good condition in Near Very Good price-clipped dust jacket No inscriptions. Will Nickless (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. H/b; vg+/vg; 8vo; 206pp; no handwriting inside such as names; hint of foxing to blocked page edges; d/w price clipped; overall a very nice copy; ; Sceptre Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Will Nickless (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burnt orange cloth covers, blue title and author lettering to the spine and front cover, blue dyed top edge. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 222 printed pages of text with 3 full-page monochrome illustrations and frontispiece. Bookplate to the front free end paper, light cheap paper browning and foxing to the closed page edges and some margins. Very Good clean condition book in Very good condition dust wrapper with some creases, rubs, chips and small closed tears to the cover edges, not price clipped 7/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, Stated 1st published 1956. First Edition., 1st printing , NF+/GOOD+, AS-IS, THICK Rust Orange TEXTURED Hard Cover Titled in Black everso Slight Slant. Book is NF+, , foxing to foredge; DJ is GOOD+, TINY chipping and creasing to spine ends & Extrmities DJ. INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN LIGHT WEAR, FOX, DJ Protected Clear Mylar cvr, 222 PGS, NO ADS IN Back. Back DJ small Mended Tears creases , light soil Lists Thru Moppy's Great Adventure. DJ Spine has small end chip takes out SH in word Shadow at Top ,ERIC PERRY is set, by His Eccentric Uncle Trevor in Singapore, an Unusual Test in the form of a Treasure Hunt to prove that he is worthy of Inheriting the Old Man's Fortune. He accepts its Challenge & with His Friend Allan Scott enthusiastically proceeds to tackle the 1st Clue, which Leads them to a Remote spot on Welsh Coast. The Trail which began as an Exciting but carefree Adventure, very soon Falls Under an Evil Influence for which Trevor Perry is unwittingly Responsible. The boys, after narrowly Escaping with Their Lives in a Blizzard High in the Austrian Alps, Only gradually become aware that for some Mysterious reason they are relentlessly bneing Pursued by a shadow of Danger. A Tearaway Ride into Vienna Follows & from the Sinister steps of the Cafe Minerva to Venice, the tempo of Events, chase & escapes Quickens. Caught in the whirl of high adventure, the boys reach Marseilles, where the Treasure Hunt . Fast moving Yarn.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, DJ light wear SMALL SCUFF MARK & TINY CHIPS TEARS EDGES. Stated 1st published 1955. First Edition., 1st printing , NF+/VG-, AS-IS, THICK pink TEXTURED Hard Cover Titled in Black with Publishers Top outer pgs Edge Pink. Book is NF+, light foxing to foredge; DJ is VG-, TINY chipping to spine ends & Extremities DJ. INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN LIGHT WEAR, FOX, DJ Protected Clear Mylar cvr, 220 PGS, NO ADS IN Back. Back DJ small Mended Tears creases , light soil Lists Thru Boys of Big Top. ,Cable Thieves who are in some Mysterious way Wily enough to Smuggle the Copper Successfully into China from Hong Kong, the scene of this Original & Fast Moving Story, are Here the Quarry of the Police. Two English Boys, Derek & Hugh, on a Hiking Trip, chance on a Suspicious Scene in an Out of the Way Village. They naturally decide to Investigate Further, & Land themselves in some strange & sometimes actively Perilous Situations. There is some thrilling Spying & Counter-Spying, for the watchers are themselves Watched. At the Green Dragon, a restaurant in an Unsavory part of Hong Kong, the boys have 1 of their Most Breathlessly Exciting experiences as they follow up their Hunches. Their Suspicions cause them some Humiliations, & they are Misled more than Once, Atmosphere of Intrigue & Mystery of this crowded Cosmopolitan Background.…